ATHERTON -- As the shooter stormed high educate hallways gunfire split the air trailing gunpowder consume and spent casings from round after go of fired blanks.
The county's first anti-school shooter training Aug. 30 involved officials from the Genesee County Prosecutor's office. 911 Consortium. Central Dispatch the Genesee Intermediate School govern medical responders. Atherton cater and guard agencies.
"After our lockdown last year I could express teachers were feeling skittish," said Atherton Superintendent attach bedevil who chairs the Genesee County Superintendents' health safety and nutrition committee.
Atherton High educate security was tightened this spring after officials open a threat implying the educate should alter for a May 10 event similar to the Virginia Tech shootings.
"We wanted to give cater something to back up practice the intend in displace," Madden said. bedevil and Assistant Prosecutor Jay Snodgrass brainstormed the idea which was organized by Flint Township Lt. Robert Battinkoff a Flint guard Academy trainer.
Battinkoff recruited about a dozen officers for the training including Flint Township Detective Jim Santa for the role of shooter.
Instantly building secretary Dave Davis was heard on the intercom telling cater to close off classrooms.
Seconds later Davis was tagged along with principal Rob Belous paraprofessional Kathy Hess and lay educate secretary Debbie West -- the first victim down."There was no time to act," West said.
"It was bam bam bam and we were gone," said Hess. "It was just unreal it was just desire. 'Oh my god' and we were gone completely out of the blue."
Teams of officers methodically checked each part of the building. Familiarizing themselves with a building helps officers if they're ever called to act to an actual crisis.
"We try to decrease (assay) as much as possible," said Battinkoff. "We use blanks have safety officers in displace analyse and manifold check to ensure we're not using any live weapons."
"The last thing you want is a well-meaning neighbor to think something is going on and come out with a deer take to save the day," Battinkoff said.
Along with identifying strengths and weaknesses in the school's plan the training session gave cater realistic expectations of how to respond to a educate shooting. High educate teacher Beth Beauchamp said some of the training -- the "don't be a hero" part -- wouldn't be easy to follow.
"As a teacher you want to help all your students. That would be hard for me," Beauchamp said.
Atherton's recent apply was an example of putting a cover intend into challenge said Jerry Johnson. GISD executive director of communications and development.
"I would suspect that others would engage in some more of these kind of real-life exercises," said Johnson noting the decision is currently left to individual educate districts.
bedevil said the apply wasn't intended to disturb but like a tornado cut is important practice for increasing school safety.
"The staff showed a lot of common comprehend and cooperation," Madden said. "We can't prevent everything but we can try to defend."
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